Understanding the relationship between boredom propensity and aggression propensity in the general public

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Psychology - Forensic Psychology and Penal System grade: 2.1 (Merit) The University of Liverpool course: MSc Forensic Psychology & Criminal Investigations language: English abstract: Aggression is a common characteristic of human behaviour which has shaped and impacted societies politics cultures of nations and billions of people (Mitoma 2014). Defined as a state of feeling bored (Oxford Dictionary 2015) which itself is vague there has been little research done to understand the relationship between boredom propensity and aggression. In fact the most recent studies were completed in 1997 and 2004 justifying the need for further more relevant current research in regards to the subject. Theories such as Fenichel (1951) suggest that boredom is the internal manifestation of anger which indicate that there is a significant correlation between boredom and aggression. Considering the lack of agreement as to the definition of boredom which it has been suggested by Melton & Schulenberg (2009) is a contributing factor in the lack of research into boredom the relationship between boredom and aggression is one which could provide insights and help define or adjust current proactive and reactive activities in wide variety of areas including work performance Bruursema Kesler & Spector 2011) safe driving (Dahlen Martin Ragan & Kuhlman 2005) and relationships (Elpidorou 2014) for example.This correlational and cross sectional quantitative research aimed to establish if there is a relationship between Boredom Propensity (BP) and Aggression Propensity (AP) in the general public and used multivariate regression testing. Participants were volunteers (n = 102) recruited from social media as well as professional and personal contacts who completed the Boredom Propensity Test (Sundberg & Farmer n.d) and the Aggression Questionnaire (Buss and Perry 1992). Whilst not attemp